Sažetak
This is a comparative study of some presonality factors in two chronic gastrointestinal conditions: Iritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A group of 150 outpatients aged 19 to 75 (Mean=45.50, SD=14.66) were investigated: 34 patients with ulcerative colitis, 30 patients with Crohn’s disease, 86 patients with IBS and 122 healthy persons were investigated with Benet-Martinez and John’s Big Five Inventory – which measures personality traits included in the big five model: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness and with SF-36 for the quality of life. As expected, both disorders were associated with a lower quality of life compared to healthy persons. The results indicate that neuroticism, extraversion and openness are significant predictors for the mental component of general HRQoL in IBS patients. In IBD patients, only neuroticism was found as a significant predictor for both the physical and the mental component of general HRQoL.